Watched Mad Max today and wow, I haven't had such a satisfying watch in quite a while. It is completely deserving of the 5-star rating it got, every single one of those sparkly prized stars. In comparison, the 2.5-starred Tomorrowland deserved.. 0.5 star? - or if it can get any lower - 0.25 star? Watching Mad Max right after Tomorrowland honestly makes one wonder why anyone would even spend a single cent on producing the latter, much less $190 million. That money would be better spent on charity or anything else other than 2.5 hours of childish, cheesy and lame crap all rolled into one (even the British accents and the lead actress who resembles a younger and spunkier Jennifer Lawrence - to her credit, she did put up a spectacular performance - couldn't save the film this time). Then there was also Avengers which was just middling.
Meh. In contrast, Mad Max was, in my friend's words, "show, don't tell, taken to its finest extreme." It's possibly the most badass movie of the year heh. I was so engrossed in the movie, I completely forgot that I was freezing cold until the credits started to roll haha (and I had a jacket with me!)
Charlize Theron's was splendid as Furiosa, the one-armed warrior (she was
da (wo)man *_*) and Nicholas Hoult's emotional raw performance as Nux the War Boy tugged at my heartstrings (sobs, redemption doesn't come easy). Everyone did a fine job portraying their respective characters - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the new Transformers chick was gorrrrgeous - and it all came together exceptionally well. The movie wasn't without its gory moments though (cringes) the albino War Boys and Joe's freaky tumour-laden sons totally freaked me out D: but nobody can deny that the flame-throwing electric guitarist was cooooooool! hahahah it's ridiculous that the film's villain needed a rock band onsite during the war - they're just sitting ducks?! - but it was great entertainment for us, viewers!
A post on happy family events coming up soon so look out for that! ^^
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